Eye-shield.



G. H. AMAN.

EYE SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY t. 1916.

Patented Sept. 26,1916.

Q Alma/72 GEORGE H. AMAN, OF BUFFALO,.1\TEW YORK.

EYE-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1916.

I Application filed May 1, 1916. Serial .No. 94,790.

hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others sln'lled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to eye shields or protectors and has for an object the provision of an eye shield adapted for association with the vizor of a cap or hat and in such manner that it may be quickly and easily adjusted into and out of position for use.

A further object of the invention is to provide an eye shield of the above charac-' ter embodying means of novel construction and arrangement whereby it is releasably held in inoperative position on the cap vizor.

With the above and other objects of Similar nature in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and ar rangement of parts, set forth inand falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing :-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cap with the invention associated therewith and in position for use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the under face of the cap vizor with the shield in inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the manner of detaching or attaching the shield to the cap vizor.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, there is shown in conventional form a cap 5 provided with the usual peaked or vizored front 6.

The invention is shown generally at 7 i and comprises a flexible andtransparent eye shield 8, slightly smaller than, but of a shape approximating that of the vizor 6, and preferably formed of celluloid or similar light and relatively thin substance or material, either clear or colored as desired. This shield is supported at its ends from the under face of the vizor 6 so as to swing freely into and out of position for use, there being carried by the vizor adjacent its ends,

suspending loops 9 loosely engaged in the openings 10 formed in the terminals of the shield. "These loops 9 preferably consist each of an elongated strip of metal intermediately bent to provide the loop portions and having their ends inserted .through the vizor and clenched as indicated at 11.

When in use the shield 8 is disposed in the position shown in Fig. 1 to lie 'in close proximity to the face of the wearer whereby to protect the eyes from wind "and flying particles such as dust, dirt or the like, depending upon the conditions under which the shield is Worn. When not in use however, the shield is swung on the loops 9 to lie beneath and against the under face of the vizor as shown most clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, and is releasably or detachably held in such position through the medium of spaced fasteners arranged adjacent the forward margin of the vizor. These fasteners each comprise a spherical head 12 and a split shank portion 13, the head projecting beneath the under side of the vizor while the shank is inserted therethrough and clenched as indicated at 14'. For detachably receiving the heads 12 of the fasteners, the shield 8 is provided adjacent its forward margin with openings 15 of approximately the same diameter as the heads but spaced apart a distance greater than the distance between the latter. Thus in applying the shield to the fasteners the same must be flexed in the manner shown in Fig. 4 to bring the openings 15 into registration with the heads 12 after which the heads may be mserted as is apparent. The shield is in this manner disposed between the heads 12 and the vizor and as its natural tendency is to straighten or flatten out, the opening 15 will spread or in other words be moved out of registration with the heads 12 until the surrounding edges of the shield frictionally engage the shanks 13. The shield is thus securely held against accidental disengagement from the fasteners while its detachment may be readily effected by flexing the same away from the vizor to again bring the openings 15 into registration with the heads 12.

What I claim is The combination with a cap vizor having spaced fasteners thereon, of a transparent and flexible eye shield supported-to swing In testimony whereof, I afiix my signefreely from said vizor. into and out of positure, in the presence of two witnesses.

tion for use said shield havingspaced openings therein and being flexible to engage the GEORGE M 5 latter with said fasteners whereby, end Witnesses:

through its reflex tendency, to lie frictlon- H..C.'WELQH,

ally held in inoperative position. I JOSEPH M. PEEL. 

